D&D 4E What would you want to see in 4E?
TheCrazyMuffinMan
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Darklone said:
Would they mutate the very idea of what D&D is to the point of irrecognition, thereby forcing one to remake it from scratch? That is an understandable standpoint, even if I don't share it.
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Anthraxus
Explorer
I myself would prefer the Arcane/Divine spell division to stay. I'd also like to see something for Clerics like a return to spell spheres/schools to limit their HUGE list of spells. "What? Cursed(substitute diseased/level drained/ability damaged/etc....)? Well, you'll be ok tomorrow."
Doug McCrae
Legend
I agree. The OP's suggestions were far too minor for a new edition, it has to be a lot more extreme than that.Zaruthustran said:
painandgreed
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A 2020 release date.
MrFilthyIke
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painandgreed said:
Then it's no longer D&D...it's Cyberpunk.
DItheringFool
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agreedpainandgreed said:
ZSutherland
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I like these threads, no matter how many times they get re-hashed.
1) I want core mechanics designed to reduce my prep time as a DM. The more modular design of creature stat blocks over 2E was a vast improvement. Keep going.
2) I want either the average number or the average power of a character's magic items to be drastically slashed across the board. High level play feels less like controlling a heroic character, and more like controlling a vehicle for heroic loot. It's also a stumbling block for me as DM. We run a session light on strict "encounters" and focus more on mystery or whatever, if I award xp for non-encounter content, I mess up the wealth, and vice versa. At the very least, I'd like a three-way wealth-by-level and CR system showing appropriate wealth for low, mid, and high magic item games and X/Y/Z CR listings based on which you picked.
3) I want a lot less of the published materials to be tools for DMs rather than players. On average, DMs purchase more books and accessories than players, and quite a lot of them are a headache rather than a help since most are just chock full of more player options. I finally stopped buying them after 3.5 launched. We just play core.
4) Pretty please with sugar on top, adopt AU's spells readied/spell slots system. All the feel of Vancian magic, all the grit of a spell-point system.
That's all off the top of my head.
1) I want core mechanics designed to reduce my prep time as a DM. The more modular design of creature stat blocks over 2E was a vast improvement. Keep going.
2) I want either the average number or the average power of a character's magic items to be drastically slashed across the board. High level play feels less like controlling a heroic character, and more like controlling a vehicle for heroic loot. It's also a stumbling block for me as DM. We run a session light on strict "encounters" and focus more on mystery or whatever, if I award xp for non-encounter content, I mess up the wealth, and vice versa. At the very least, I'd like a three-way wealth-by-level and CR system showing appropriate wealth for low, mid, and high magic item games and X/Y/Z CR listings based on which you picked.
3) I want a lot less of the published materials to be tools for DMs rather than players. On average, DMs purchase more books and accessories than players, and quite a lot of them are a headache rather than a help since most are just chock full of more player options. I finally stopped buying them after 3.5 launched. We just play core.
4) Pretty please with sugar on top, adopt AU's spells readied/spell slots system. All the feel of Vancian magic, all the grit of a spell-point system.
That's all off the top of my head.
Arashi Ravenblade
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No 4e. I want a 4e in name only. All my old 3.5 books better still be good.
Only Forgotten Realms 4e books will be bought by me.
Only Forgotten Realms 4e books will be bought by me.
